Re: [GTALUG] better than average article on why the federal payroll system is a mess

2016-08-22 Thread Peter Renzland via talk
> On Aug 12, 2016, at 14:17, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > wrote: > > You worked in government a long time. Not me. So your guesses are > more likely correct than mine. http://dilbert.com/strip/2016-08-16 :-( --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

2016-08-12 Thread Peter Renzland via talk
Depending on your intended use, there is also this: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01CVOLGOG/ref=pe_386430_202053160_TE_item TP-Link TL-WR810N 300 Mbps Wireless N Mini Router $35 It has a built-in power supply, 2 ethernet ports, and a USB port. It can operate in several modes: 1. Router 2.

Re: [GTALUG] better than average article on why the federal payroll system is a mess

2016-08-12 Thread Peter Renzland via talk
> On Aug 12, 2016, at 11:13, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > wrote: > Some of my thoughts: 1. I don't like the literary form of this article. Too much theatre. I

Re: [GTALUG] How to repeat a char in a line? (on Windows)

2016-06-26 Thread Peter Renzland via talk
> On Jun 26, 2016, at 12:48, William Park via talk wrote: > > On Windows, how would you generate a text line with 480 of 'M' chars? > > I can't tell them to install > BusyBox, Cygwin, Vim, or Python. :-) No need to install, if they are online:

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

2016-06-20 Thread Peter Renzland via talk
> On Jun 20, 2016, at 20:31, Michael Galea via talk wrote: > Someone remarked that the accuracy of 60 hz is good, and that > over-frequencies would cancel under-frequencies. I would really doubt that > they could do that to any great degree of accuracy. The grid is the largest

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

2016-06-18 Thread Peter Renzland via talk
> On Jun 18, 2016, at 23:12, James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 06/18/2016 07:58 PM, Michael Galea via talk wrote: >> You know of course that the grid frequency is only approximately 60.00 >> hz. For example, it was 59.97 hz on Friday at around 5 PM. I have >> heard rumors

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

2016-06-18 Thread Peter Renzland via talk
> On Jun 18, 2016, at 14:41, Loui Chang via talk wrote: > > There's little incentive to replace gasoline as a liquid fuel source since > there's still enough supply and it works more or less. And cheap. Costs much less than a classic bottle of Coca Cola Classic, or Fiji

Re: [GTALUG] RJ45 crimper -- good ones?

2016-06-16 Thread Peter Renzland via talk
> On Jun 15, 2016, at 23:43, William Park via talk wrote: > > I want to buy RJ45 (8c8p) crimper, so that I can make ethernet cable of exact > length I need. Which brand is good quality? I have a Henglong RJ11 - RJ12 - Rj45 == 4P - 6P - 8P tool. Used once. Make me an